by design | Nov 26, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Rosalynn Carter: A Life Well Lived The passing of Rosalynn Carter is a reminder of a life well lived. Married to her husband Jimmy for an incredible 77 years, Mrs. Carter passed away peacefully with much of her family by her side...
by design | Nov 26, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Merry Mortician: Kenneth S. Wherry of Nebraska By Ray Hill Kenneth Spicer Wherry is completely unknown to most readers today, but the Nebraskan was one of the better-known members of the United States Senate during his time. A superlative salesman, Wherry had...
by Ray Hill | Nov 21, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Ray Blanton is little remembered today save for one thing: the corruption of his administration. Compared to many of Tennessee’s more significant historical figures, Blanton’s political career was not long, but it was impossible not to notice the man who...
by design | Nov 20, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Because he wouldn’t have made it’ By Tom Mattingly Looking at the November football schedule begs an important question for us old-time Vol fans. Where the heck is the “Rambling Wreck,” AKA Georgia Tech? It’s been 36 years since the Vols and Tech last...
by design | Nov 20, 2023 | Columnist, Nagi
The buyout life is undefeated By Mark Nagi Imagine that you are underachieving at your job to the point that your employer doesn’t want you to come to work anymore… and that said employer will pay you $77 million to go away. Pretty sweet deal, right? Well, all you...
by design | Nov 20, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
I Am Amazed At How Fast Time Goes By By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com I am always amazed at how fast time passes. At the end of next month, I will have been retired for five years. When I announced in 2017 that I was going to retire at the end of the next...
